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Key takeaways from How to Read a Book: The Ultimate Guide by Mortimer Adler

In how to read a book, Mortimer Adler teaches us the four levels of reading to become a more effective reader. Learning how to read is more than just picking up a book and starting to read.

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Francis Bacon once remarked, “some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.”
You have to read something above your current level. You need to find writers who are more knowledgeable on a particular subject than yourself. This is how you get smarter.
Reading alone isn’t enough to improve your knowledge. Learning something insightful requires work.
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